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paul ryan hit the campaign trail without romney for the first time yesterday. >> president obama has given us for years of one trillion dollars or more deficits. he is making matters worse in he is spendg our children into diminished future. >> joe biden stumped for votes yesterday and will be in virginia today. romney campaign in ohio after spending some time in florida. >> three people are dead after a shooting. an eviction notice at that time. he began firing at police responded to the initial shooting. after a shootout he and a male civilian were also killed. >> i heard three shots fired, they sounded like semiautomatic rifle rounds, i have heard a lot of people say it was straight shots but it sounded to me like a tap tap tap >> three other law enforcement officers and a woman were injured in the shooting near texas a&m university. huffington post says that his mother said he had mental health issues. a colorado judge has refused to lift the gag order in the case of the theater shooting suspect. james holmes is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 50 others. the judge said
paul ryan hit the campaign trail without romney for the first time yesterday. >> president obama has given us for years of one trillion dollars or more deficits. he is making matters worse in he is spendg our children into diminished future. >> joe biden stumped for votes yesterday and will be in virginia today. romney campaign in ohio after spending some time in florida. >> three people are dead after a shooting. an eviction notice at that time. he began firing at police...
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and there is brand new polling this morning from three key swing stas twiai roncerns inside the romney campaign. of likely voters, president obama now leads mitt romney by 10 percentage points in the state of ohio. that's a doue digit lead in the state no republican has lost and then won the presiden. thpresen ne psn florida. that is absolutely a must win state for romney. mr. obama now opening up a 12 point lead in pennsylvania according to this poll. that's a state, though, republicans have all but written off. those numbers echo polling from the "shington post" which gav thsi aht pnt advantage in ohio but p him up only four points in the state of florida. ohio in particular shaping up as a critical battleground. mitt romney spending his third consecutive day there. president obama will be in the state this morning. today's "new york times" reporting that aidot romney say the republican candidate and paul ryan will campaign together now much more often in the coming weeks. according to the report, the move underscores concerns that mr. romney is not generating enough excitement on hi
and there is brand new polling this morning from three key swing stas twiai roncerns inside the romney campaign. of likely voters, president obama now leads mitt romney by 10 percentage points in the state of ohio. that's a doue digit lead in the state no republican has lost and then won the presiden. thpresen ne psn florida. that is absolutely a must win state for romney. mr. obama now opening up a 12 point lead in pennsylvania according to this poll. that's a state, though, republicans have...
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over $6 million donations have gone to mitt romney, but as we showed you in the poll this morning, romney trailing by ten points now at least according to this poll in ohio. let's gather around the water cooler to watch ann romney sitting down with jay leno. mrs. romney shared some secrets of her 43 year marriage to mitt, including the thriftiness of a man worth an estimated quarter of a billion dollars. ? would you say he's frugal or cheap? >> cheap. >> cheap? really? >> yeah. do you want to know what he does when we leave the house? he turns off the hot water house. do you know wlae does -- >> he turns off the hot water heat sner. >> when we come back, he forgets that he's got to turn the hot water heat other and he says cold showers are not that bad. >> talk about the significance of if he gets elected being the first mormon president. >> well, you know, i love the fact that we have the first african-american president, that that means to me that we're leaving prejudices behind. i would hope that if mitt were elected we would see more of the same. that prejudices are being left behind.
over $6 million donations have gone to mitt romney, but as we showed you in the poll this morning, romney trailing by ten points now at least according to this poll in ohio. let's gather around the water cooler to watch ann romney sitting down with jay leno. mrs. romney shared some secrets of her 43 year marriage to mitt, including the thriftiness of a man worth an estimated quarter of a billion dollars. ? would you say he's frugal or cheap? >> cheap. >> cheap? really? >>...
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it is very telling a poll has romney up slightly beyond the margin of error. we are talking about the ones that are extremely likely to vote. romney among all of the voters are extremely likely to vote. he was up by 6 three weeks ago down by 3. that's a nine-point swing among people who will surely be out there on el lek day. i think right now the race is tied with romney still i think having some of the momentum from the debate and i think the rest of the story will be determined the remaining debate. >> before you leave the house this morning let's get your first degree weather update with maria molina. >> good to see you. we are talking about cool temperatures across parts of the midwest the great lakes northeast and even down into portions of the south once again. take a look at some of the current temperatures across the northeast. 36 in syracuse 37 in during ton. we have a number of freeze warnings in effect and also frost advisories from parts of up state new york through central portions of tennessee. lingering showers off of portions of new york city
it is very telling a poll has romney up slightly beyond the margin of error. we are talking about the ones that are extremely likely to vote. romney among all of the voters are extremely likely to vote. he was up by 6 three weeks ago down by 3. that's a nine-point swing among people who will surely be out there on el lek day. i think right now the race is tied with romney still i think having some of the momentum from the debate and i think the rest of the story will be determined the remaining...
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the gallup daily tracking poll shows romney leading president obama by 2 percentage points right now. that's just a one-point increase since ryan was introduced last week. and paul ryan will be back in virginia tomorrow campaigning in the richmond area. he was in the commonwealth last saturday to be introduced as romney's running mate. first lady michelle obama joined the president on the campaign trail. she appeared with president obama at a rally yesterday in iowa. in the meantime, both candidates' speeches are getting more heated and more emotional. >> my plan's already extended medicare by nearly a decade. their plan ends medicare as we know it. >> so, mr. president, take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to chicago. >> the race for president will become civil for at least one day next month. both campaigns have agreed to suspend all advertising on september 11th. >>> new this morning, islamist militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons attacked one of pakistan's largest air bases. pakistani officials say eight militants and one soldier we
the gallup daily tracking poll shows romney leading president obama by 2 percentage points right now. that's just a one-point increase since ryan was introduced last week. and paul ryan will be back in virginia tomorrow campaigning in the richmond area. he was in the commonwealth last saturday to be introduced as romney's running mate. first lady michelle obama joined the president on the campaign trail. she appeared with president obama at a rally yesterday in iowa. in the meantime, both...
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a reuters poll found the president leads romney 59% to 39%. others say younger voters may be the target when president obama makes his second appearance to face political jokes from jon stewart on "the daily show." and bruce springsteen will sing at an obama rally in ohio, and bill clinton will be speaking at the event. >>> supporters of big bird who want to save "sesame street" are planning a million muppets march in washington only three days before the election. and now from the non-scientific file of predicting political winners, reuters reports that based on past elections, if ohio state wins its football game against illinois november 3rd, incumbents including the president could get a small boost on election day, but the opposite effected could happen from sharp attacks reducing votes in states like florida. huh? >>> and saturday night live took on the vice presidential debate making fun of joe biden's frequent laughs and interruptions and paul ryan's complaint about it. >> i know you're under a lot of duress to make up from lost ground
a reuters poll found the president leads romney 59% to 39%. others say younger voters may be the target when president obama makes his second appearance to face political jokes from jon stewart on "the daily show." and bruce springsteen will sing at an obama rally in ohio, and bill clinton will be speaking at the event. >>> supporters of big bird who want to save "sesame street" are planning a million muppets march in washington only three days before the election....
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. >>> romney had to fight a set of challengers, all enjoyed short stints at the top of the polls, but romney hung on through the bruising primary to come out on top. chuck todd and romney talked about why he chose to run. >> reporter: mitt romney's first consideration is the health of one of his important advisors, his wife, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998 and was successfully treated for breast cancer in 2009. >> if she were struggling with ms, our focus would be keeping her well and helping her. by the time the olympics came, she ran the olympic torch into salt lake city. that's how much progress fiscally she had made. >> anne wasn't sure she was emotionally ready after that failed presidential campaign in 2008. >> i told mitt four years ago i would never do this again. i said never again. never again. this is it, this is too hard, this is too difficult, it takes too much out of you, never again. however, i'm 100% committed. >> she was the one that said i had to do it. >> chuck's hour-long special, mitt romney, the making of a candidate premiers tonight at 10:00 p.
. >>> romney had to fight a set of challengers, all enjoyed short stints at the top of the polls, but romney hung on through the bruising primary to come out on top. chuck todd and romney talked about why he chose to run. >> reporter: mitt romney's first consideration is the health of one of his important advisors, his wife, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998 and was successfully treated for breast cancer in 2009. >> if she were struggling with ms, our focus...
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romney on nearly every issue polled including standing up for the middle class, foreign policy and medicare. the only issue where romney has an advantage is on the budget and on federal spending where he leads 50 to 45. >>> in what's considered a bit of a preview for the upcoming debates, president obama and mitt romney were both asked about foreign policy in the middle east including about the u.s. relationship with israel. >> the president's decision not to meet with bebe netanyahu, the president of israel, when he's here is a mistake and it sends a message throughout the middle east that somehow we distanced ourselves from our friends and i think the exact opposite approach is what's necessary. >> well, look, i have conversations with prime minister netanyahu all the time and i understand and share prime minister netanyahu's insinstenc that they should not get a nuclear weapon. i feel an obligation, not pressure but obligation to make sure that we're in close consultation with the israelis on these issues because it affects them deeply. they're one of our closest allies in the region and
romney on nearly every issue polled including standing up for the middle class, foreign policy and medicare. the only issue where romney has an advantage is on the budget and on federal spending where he leads 50 to 45. >>> in what's considered a bit of a preview for the upcoming debates, president obama and mitt romney were both asked about foreign policy in the middle east including about the u.s. relationship with israel. >> the president's decision not to meet with bebe...
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. >> that's what the polls are showing now. republican convention while it improved mitt romney's personal likeability ratings, it didn't produce a horse race bounce when you ask if the election held today would you vote for romney or obama. there was no improvement in mitt romney's store. since the end of the democrat convention in three polls, there is an average of 3-point bounce for president obama. let me quickly add somebody who studied poll bounces. poll bounce if you get one normally disappears in about two weeks. >> you think that could happen sooner since both conventions were held back to back. >> i do think that that has something to do with it. when you have a second convention on the hills of the first it makes it difficult to develop. mccain had the second in 2008 and obama had a first . mccain got 6 poigns and obama got four x. i think that the fact that mccain came second increased his bounce. >> against the back drop we have dismal job's report that came out. what impact do you think that will have as both cam
. >> that's what the polls are showing now. republican convention while it improved mitt romney's personal likeability ratings, it didn't produce a horse race bounce when you ask if the election held today would you vote for romney or obama. there was no improvement in mitt romney's store. since the end of the democrat convention in three polls, there is an average of 3-point bounce for president obama. let me quickly add somebody who studied poll bounces. poll bounce if you get one...
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warning of caution about the late esst gallup poll showing m romney leading president obama. >>> today akin and incumbent democrat claire mccaskill held what was described as a cordial final debate which did not mention akin's controversial rain comments. >>> mitt romney's wife ann joined the ladies of "the view" revealing if her husband lost this election he would not run again. barbara walters quoted mr. romney's line from a secretly recorded video about appearing on "the view." >> he was not sure he wanted to come on with us because we're high risk and sharp tongued. >> no. he said sharp and young. >> in ohio bill clinton and boss rallied supporters for president obama. president clinton talked about ohio's economy and bruce springsteen sang "no surrender youngstown" and a few other favorites. president obama made his sixth appearance on "the dale lay show with jon stewart" last night. guess who took the brun the of the jokes? >> how many times a week does biden show up in a wet bathing suit to a meeting? just ballpark figure. >> i had to put out a presidential directive on that. we
warning of caution about the late esst gallup poll showing m romney leading president obama. >>> today akin and incumbent democrat claire mccaskill held what was described as a cordial final debate which did not mention akin's controversial rain comments. >>> mitt romney's wife ann joined the ladies of "the view" revealing if her husband lost this election he would not run again. barbara walters quoted mr. romney's line from a secretly recorded video about appearing...
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romney being trusted more on medicare is a huge deal, one poll but people will watch that on both sides to see did they really make progress. the senate congress akin and senator, candidate in missouri he is still out there and still trying to get him off the ballot and we could see world events, gas prices, iran, i mean, europe there is the normal list. >> rose: these are the october surprises. >> but i think the spending on tv ads and the other thing, and alex rodriguez lewded to this earlier is, al, alluded to this earlier, neither candidates significantly upped their game the last couple of months, they are both fine and i think romney improved some but neither hit their stride in a way that the winning candidate normally does and i think it will be interesting to see that, we will see a lot of retail campaigning and stump speeches and i am sue romney will grow out of the convention speech but where you go out and watch c-span and watch a speech in full, and you say wow that guy is speak zeroing, speak fog country. >> neither one of these guys have really addressed most voters what
romney being trusted more on medicare is a huge deal, one poll but people will watch that on both sides to see did they really make progress. the senate congress akin and senator, candidate in missouri he is still out there and still trying to get him off the ballot and we could see world events, gas prices, iran, i mean, europe there is the normal list. >> rose: these are the october surprises. >> but i think the spending on tv ads and the other thing, and alex rodriguez lewded to...
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romney took his jump in the polls, that gender gap went away. well, in wisconsin and iowa, with the new nbc poll out today, the gender gap is back. and with a vengeance. mr. romney is losing women to president obama in both wisconsin and iowa by 18 points. now, mr. romney is winning men in both of those states. losing women, but winning men. but his win with men is not by anywhere near as large a margin as he is losing women. he's losing women really badly. that basically tells you why he is losing those two states. strategically, though, here's another really interesting finding in these polls today. one of the polls that came out last week that really upset the republicans was a "reuters" poll that showed the people who were voting early in this election were voting for president obama by a huge margin. the romney campaign's polling guy just lit his hair on fire and stamped his feet and tried to tell everybody that that poll of early voters was nonsense. they put out a formal memo that they released on the subject saying there's no chance that
romney took his jump in the polls, that gender gap went away. well, in wisconsin and iowa, with the new nbc poll out today, the gender gap is back. and with a vengeance. mr. romney is losing women to president obama in both wisconsin and iowa by 18 points. now, mr. romney is winning men in both of those states. losing women, but winning men. but his win with men is not by anywhere near as large a margin as he is losing women. he's losing women really badly. that basically tells you why he is...
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president obama leads in two tracking polls. romney leads in one tracking poll. the candidates are tied in another, but there are other reasons to be hopeful because voting has already started in 40 states. the president is up by large margin among those early voters. and one of those early voters is first lady michelle obama. she cast herbal lot today and called on supporters to do the same. >> i have to tell you, i am pretty fired up and ready to go myself especially because this morning i cast my vote early for barack obama. [ cheers and applause ] >> today i voted for my husband! [ cheers and applause ] >> yes! it felt so good. >> jennifer: the president himself announced this afternoon that he is actually going to follow his wife's lead and also vote early. he'll become the first president in history to do so. for now, though, the is holed up in virginia. he has been telling reporters that debate prep is going great. which is a very different assessment than the one he offered the last time around when he called prepping a drag. see, the president is going t
president obama leads in two tracking polls. romney leads in one tracking poll. the candidates are tied in another, but there are other reasons to be hopeful because voting has already started in 40 states. the president is up by large margin among those early voters. and one of those early voters is first lady michelle obama. she cast herbal lot today and called on supporters to do the same. >> i have to tell you, i am pretty fired up and ready to go myself especially because this...
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estma national and ghef battle ground polls. will it have the obama campaign in panic mode? charles krautmmer says yes. heo a din l e pren am ced ee narrative about romney hundreds of millions of dollars of ads showing him as an unfeeling uncaring man who de lights in killing steel worker's wive i inxen id cl linm oech much of this has gone unresponded to by roey. here you have a debate. the one time when romney can address 67 million americans unfiltered by the media and with no a to clr iup rl dlis ttng man of romney -- i mean of obama with argument and facts. he won on an avalanche of fact which totally took apart the narrative. he showed he could not rse the tasthmic. hohe donra a xewill remain the same under him. you take away this man you take away thedea of capitalists who cares for no one and there's nothing left ithe obama campaign. heann e . an rth fe og dn've he if he can't kill romney he has nothing. >>> the candidates will face each other on a secd debate. >> it is time to brew onthis. irentoe d n dyan go head -- vice presidential joe biden and paul ryan debate.
estma national and ghef battle ground polls. will it have the obama campaign in panic mode? charles krautmmer says yes. heo a din l e pren am ced ee narrative about romney hundreds of millions of dollars of ads showing him as an unfeeling uncaring man who de lights in killing steel worker's wive i inxen id cl linm oech much of this has gone unresponded to by roey. here you have a debate. the one time when romney can address 67 million americans unfiltered by the media and with no a to clr iup...
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based on polls i have seen, if you were to take the military vote 65% will vote for mitt romney. >> this is a supporter of the president. caller: i am voting for mitt romney. the most important thing that came out of this convention was the news yesterday of how they treated the ron paul supporters. they totally ignored their votes. we have to wake up. is -- if this is how the republican party is treating its own delegates, imagine how they will treat the country. some of the delegates were calling these not sazi tactics. this is what the country has in store for it as we elect mitt romney for president. please, america, stay with president obama. >> that was rus from connecticut. use a cash tag as you are treated us. -- tweeting us. back to calls. you are on, larry. caller: i want to thank c-span for giving an unbiased presentation as opposed to public radio that my tax dollars fund that gave biased opinions of the people presenting that talk and would not allow us to see the entire presentation. thank you very much. secondly, as an independent looking at this presentation, paul ryan ga
based on polls i have seen, if you were to take the military vote 65% will vote for mitt romney. >> this is a supporter of the president. caller: i am voting for mitt romney. the most important thing that came out of this convention was the news yesterday of how they treated the ron paul supporters. they totally ignored their votes. we have to wake up. is -- if this is how the republican party is treating its own delegates, imagine how they will treat the country. some of the delegates...
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last week end, rasmussen reports daily presidential tracking poll had governor romney leading by 4-7 points. today, president obama is ahead by one, making the race for the white house a dead heat. and, the romney favorability rating. rising to 50% for the campaign, the latest "gallup poll" jumping 11 points since february, shy of the president's 52% and one more in the race for campaign cash. the governor last month gave the president a run for his money and raising an impressive $40 million, in the first month as the likely nominee and not far from the president, $43 million haul. also, the romney camp is saying 95% of the nearly 300,000 donations, they received, were $250 or less. proof the governor perhaps can compete with the president who really conducted a grassroots level campaign when it came to potential donors in his first race for the white house. but what is behind the new support for mitt romney? what is his campaign strategy? and, how will the president react? let's bring in shane de april the editor of "campaigns and elections campaign", and, shairshairne, great to ha
last week end, rasmussen reports daily presidential tracking poll had governor romney leading by 4-7 points. today, president obama is ahead by one, making the race for the white house a dead heat. and, the romney favorability rating. rising to 50% for the campaign, the latest "gallup poll" jumping 11 points since february, shy of the president's 52% and one more in the race for campaign cash. the governor last month gave the president a run for his money and raising an impressive $40...
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romney's polling numbers across categories, he has failed to be that type of candidate. the question for people on the left in the obama campaign and their allies, super pacs, the state party's, are these people going to support us, it's not that, it's can we change their behavior and make them vote? that is something they've not yet become habitual condition to do. >> i want to give you guys all a chance. the dynamic that a lot of people had assumed through tampa was the romney campaign was trying to run to iton the kind of arguments charlie mentioned earlier, that obama is not -- has not lived up to his promises, the economy is not good, give someone else a chance. >> that would have solved the stimulus promised. >> obama did not live up to it appear now the perception is that argument alone is not going to do it. >> i agree. corrected the republicans miss a big opportunity? >> >> the president spent $100 million on negative ads in the swing states over the summer refraining who romney was. and they were enormously was that happened without any real organized response
romney's polling numbers across categories, he has failed to be that type of candidate. the question for people on the left in the obama campaign and their allies, super pacs, the state party's, are these people going to support us, it's not that, it's can we change their behavior and make them vote? that is something they've not yet become habitual condition to do. >> i want to give you guys all a chance. the dynamic that a lot of people had assumed through tampa was the romney campaign...
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the latest poll shows romney leads, now up four points between the likely voters, but a new gallup poll shows the president up by five. looking to capitalize on his momentum, today, romney tried to frame himself as a steady commander-in-chief, and in what his campaign feels is a major foreign policy speech, accusing president obama of weak leadership. >> i know that president obama hopes for a stronger and more prosperous middle east, but hope is not a strategy. >> reporter: and calling for a change of course, but offering few new policy details, romney argued that the middle east is a more dangerous place since the president took office, citing serious civil war. romney said he would support our allies against the rebels the potential of a nuclear iran, and last month's terrorist attack in libya, that left four americans, including the u.s. ambassador, dead. >> it is our responsibility, and the responsibility of the president to use his greatest power to shape history, not to lead from behind. >> reporter: the obama campaign was quick with a rebuttal, they talked about specifics. >> no
the latest poll shows romney leads, now up four points between the likely voters, but a new gallup poll shows the president up by five. looking to capitalize on his momentum, today, romney tried to frame himself as a steady commander-in-chief, and in what his campaign feels is a major foreign policy speech, accusing president obama of weak leadership. >> i know that president obama hopes for a stronger and more prosperous middle east, but hope is not a strategy. >> reporter: and...
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romney's aids said in their view that the polls are not an accurate judge and anything that happens prior to labor day is too easily ignored by american electorate. with the kids out of school. having said that they note those polls were snap shot in time and not the daily tracking polls like gall up and rasmussen which has a narrow margin. and they make the point when the running mate is announce ready to go to the republican national convention. they will combine for a 11 point bounce. it is rare that a campaign would put a number. and they expect to get a wave of momentum to put them in the lead by the time they end the republican convention in tampa florida and they start in north carolina literally the next week. >> it may not be too difficult to get the len point. and bill clinton, he got the grand prize it was 16 points coming out of the democratic convention in 1992, as he made the announcement, romney misspoke himself and tell us about that. >> well, yes. he had initially mentioned paul ryan and running mate as vice-presidential nominee and when he literally brought paul ryan to
romney's aids said in their view that the polls are not an accurate judge and anything that happens prior to labor day is too easily ignored by american electorate. with the kids out of school. having said that they note those polls were snap shot in time and not the daily tracking polls like gall up and rasmussen which has a narrow margin. and they make the point when the running mate is announce ready to go to the republican national convention. they will combine for a 11 point bounce. it is...
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the latest washington post abc poll of likely voters showed romney ahead of the president 49% to 48%. that was only after rounding off the decimal points and since the numbers are within the margin of error, the two candidates are in a virtual tie. >>> well, the time to press the flesh is getting short for the candidates as they try to lock in every last vote before november 6th. nbc's tracie potts has the details for us from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. they are really focusing on the swing states in the final two weeks before the campaign. governor romney and paul ryan in colorado at a rally there talking about why they feel they're close to winning this election. the governor saying those debates super charged his campaign. he's in a virtual tie now in all the major polls. he said the president is slipping. today governor romney will be in nevada, in reno, cedar rapids, and romney in tampa, lakeland and winter park, florida, making three stops there. paul ryan will be in cleveland, ohio. meantime a 20-page booklet outlining what he says is his
the latest washington post abc poll of likely voters showed romney ahead of the president 49% to 48%. that was only after rounding off the decimal points and since the numbers are within the margin of error, the two candidates are in a virtual tie. >>> well, the time to press the flesh is getting short for the candidates as they try to lock in every last vote before november 6th. nbc's tracie potts has the details for us from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn,...
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. >> mitt romney campaigning in new hampshire there. in zipg states we are talking about new poll numbers coming out. that could mean trouble for the president. >>> feeling so good in new york at least. here for the first degree weather update and maria molina. >> good to see you this morning. good morning everyone. starting out a little bit on the cool side across parts of the great lakes. starting to feel like fall over in chicago. current temperature is 56 degrees. we will be warming up a little bit as we head into the afternoon hours. 68 the current temperature new york city as we head out the door. we are in the 70s across parts of southeast. westbound phoenix still on the hot side 92 degrees right now. of course you will be seeing more of the triple dig get high temperatures as we head into the afternoon. 103 should be the high this afternoon 90 memphis. upper 70s in chicago. rainfall we are going to get a lot of that across parts of the southeast. flooding will be a concern. keep you posted on that strong storms pushing through p
. >> mitt romney campaigning in new hampshire there. in zipg states we are talking about new poll numbers coming out. that could mean trouble for the president. >>> feeling so good in new york at least. here for the first degree weather update and maria molina. >> good to see you this morning. good morning everyone. starting out a little bit on the cool side across parts of the great lakes. starting to feel like fall over in chicago. current temperature is 56 degrees. we...
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if i were in chicago and i woke up and saw that romney beat obama in every poll, when it comes to the economy, i would be nervous, even in the battleground state obama seems to be up one or two, these economic numbers will probably slump them on election day. >> greg: i think appearing on mtv is a great move for president obama because at the hard-hitting questions will be faced with journalists who think libya is a swedish folk singer. so there won't be questions about that. questions like who is your favorite avengeer? this is really important. but i got to say also thank god that during his economic malaise, president obama focused on the important stuff like childhood obesity, birth control, electric cars. this administration is so lost right now. they need to gps to find their own butt. >> eric: i hope that the most pressing question comes out, when he speaks to mtv. >> andrea: the same one that bill clinton got. boxers or briefs? you newhen you go to mtv you get to crux of the issues. >> greg: pretend serious questions. like this job must be really difficult for you. sound smart
if i were in chicago and i woke up and saw that romney beat obama in every poll, when it comes to the economy, i would be nervous, even in the battleground state obama seems to be up one or two, these economic numbers will probably slump them on election day. >> greg: i think appearing on mtv is a great move for president obama because at the hard-hitting questions will be faced with journalists who think libya is a swedish folk singer. so there won't be questions about that. questions...
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voters overwhelmingly said ann romney won the debate. that is the biggest debate when ever recorded by gallup bigger than bill clinton's over george bush. president obama is expected to raise more than $10 million over two days. at an event in los angeles last night, musicians lent support for his reelection.. obama thanked the performers and threw in a not so subtle reference to his debate performance. >> they performed flawlessly night after night. i cannot always say the same. >> the pressure is now on vice president biden who squares off against paul ryan on thursday night in their only debate. >> the obama campaign will counter his trip to virginia tomorrow with the first lady courts voters in the battleground state. she will speak tomorrow at the louden county fairgrounds. tickets are required. >> a statue of christopher columbus on a living-room table. how it was done and the message the artist is trying to send. >> the meningitis outbreak rose to 91 cases in nine states, including virginia and maryland. >> two parties allied with
voters overwhelmingly said ann romney won the debate. that is the biggest debate when ever recorded by gallup bigger than bill clinton's over george bush. president obama is expected to raise more than $10 million over two days. at an event in los angeles last night, musicians lent support for his reelection.. obama thanked the performers and threw in a not so subtle reference to his debate performance. >> they performed flawlessly night after night. i cannot always say the same. >>...
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republicans hope mitt romney electrifies gop voters ... and convinces undecideds, especially as polls show the race so tight in so many swinn states.my promise is to help you and your family....because aftee this---it's the democrat's tuun at their convention --- so this is romney's chance to have his say. in washington, i'm emily schmidt. clint eastwood knows how to steal a scene.. he spoke last night at the republican national convention.the actor- director was the party's "mystery guest" and appeared on stage before mitt romnee accepted the party's presidential nomination. eastwood used an empty hair as a prop for a fictional conversation with president obama. what do you want me to tell romney i can't tell him to do that. you can't o that to himself. you are absolutely crazy... you're getting as d as biden. biden.on president obama's official twitter page, a photo of mister obama sitting in a chair, marked with a nameplatt saying "the president" was tweeted.the message attached read... "this seat's taken". the baltimore grand prix is b
republicans hope mitt romney electrifies gop voters ... and convinces undecideds, especially as polls show the race so tight in so many swinn states.my promise is to help you and your family....because aftee this---it's the democrat's tuun at their convention --- so this is romney's chance to have his say. in washington, i'm emily schmidt. clint eastwood knows how to steal a scene.. he spoke last night at the republican national convention.the actor- director was the party's "mystery...
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has romney doing better than other polls. how do you make sense of that? >> even the best polling firms are only getting about 10% of the people they want to get on the phone. most people don't take pollsters phone calls, we have better things to do -- >> i don't mean to be critical of you, you and people calling to sell us things over the phone are probably equally viewed -- >> well, i'm not a pollster. >> right. >> the technique that different pollsters use vary that's why you want to take an average of different firms. gallop's case's assume we will have fewer electorates. so there's assumptions of what is going to turn out. >> you get raw data and then impose on that data a series of assumptions. and if your assumptions are wrong, your outcome is going to be wrong. >> of course. you don't just randomly pick up the phone and dialing numbers. so it's part art and part science, but it's pretty difficult. we have been lucky, the last couple of election cycles the polls have been pretty good. one of these years we're going to
has romney doing better than other polls. how do you make sense of that? >> even the best polling firms are only getting about 10% of the people they want to get on the phone. most people don't take pollsters phone calls, we have better things to do -- >> i don't mean to be critical of you, you and people calling to sell us things over the phone are probably equally viewed -- >> well, i'm not a pollster. >> right. >> the technique that different pollsters use vary...
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to a usa today poll only 39 percent of voters call romney's choice excellent or good one-third of republicans say it makes them more likely to vote for romney for president. >>> his economic credentials are impeccable and respected on the hill >>> president obama and vice president biden are defining ryan the hammer and rise plan to turn medicare into a voucher like health insurance program >>> he is and particulate spokesperson for romney's vision but that vision i disagree with >>> what is get see about getting medicare and medicaid and education >>> the attacks designed to put republicans on the defensive and with seniors who fear medicare will cost them more. >>> and when need to stop spending money we don't have >>> joe touman says wrong and needs to shift the conversation from medicare back to his strength, the economy >>> these issues and the states affects seniors and a medic- state don't help them it's going to be obama it is incumbent upon him to keep focused on the economy. >>> adding ryan to the ticket may not change the race in california it could bring in more campaign money and
to a usa today poll only 39 percent of voters call romney's choice excellent or good one-third of republicans say it makes them more likely to vote for romney for president. >>> his economic credentials are impeccable and respected on the hill >>> president obama and vice president biden are defining ryan the hammer and rise plan to turn medicare into a voucher like health insurance program >>> he is and particulate spokesperson for romney's vision but that vision i...
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mitt romney is surging ahead of president obama in national and battle ground polls. will it have the obama campaign in panic mode? charles krauthammer says yes. >> the polls are dropping like a stone for president obama. they created an entire narrative about romney hundreds of millions of dollars of ads showing him as an unfeeling uncaring man who de lights in killing steel worker's wives in raising taxes on the middle class lowering them on the rich. much of this has gone unresponded to by romney. here you have a debate. the one time when romney can address 67 million americans unfiltered by the media and with no ads to clutter it up. utterly demolishes the strong man of romney -- i mean of obama with argument and facts. he won on an avalanche of fact which totally took apart the narrative. he showed he could not raise the taxes on the middle class. he showed he demonstrated again and again that the share of taxes will remain the same under him. you take away this man you take away the idea of capitalists who cares for no one and there's nothing left in the obama c
mitt romney is surging ahead of president obama in national and battle ground polls. will it have the obama campaign in panic mode? charles krauthammer says yes. >> the polls are dropping like a stone for president obama. they created an entire narrative about romney hundreds of millions of dollars of ads showing him as an unfeeling uncaring man who de lights in killing steel worker's wives in raising taxes on the middle class lowering them on the rich. much of this has gone unresponded...
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it has been a rough couple of weeks now for the romney campaign, trailing in the polls. and by putting out their tax returns, the campaign hopes they can put the issue to bed so as not to deal with any negative headlines close to the election. campaigning in las vegas today and under pressure for months to be transparent about his personal finances, mitt romney released his 2011 tax returns, revealing that he and his wife, ann, paid nearly 2 million in federal taxes, on an income of nearly 14 million, largely from investments, a tax rate of 14%, slightly more than they paid in 2010. the average american middle class family pays roughly 13%. he showed over a million in government interests through his various trusts >> reporter: last year, the romneys also donated more than four million to charity, including 3 million to the mormon church. but releasing the documents the campaign hopes to put to rest all the attention on romney's personal wealth, and diffused the claims. >> i pay all the taxes that are legally required and not a dollar more. i don't think you want somebod
it has been a rough couple of weeks now for the romney campaign, trailing in the polls. and by putting out their tax returns, the campaign hopes they can put the issue to bed so as not to deal with any negative headlines close to the election. campaigning in las vegas today and under pressure for months to be transparent about his personal finances, mitt romney released his 2011 tax returns, revealing that he and his wife, ann, paid nearly 2 million in federal taxes, on an income of nearly 14...
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what do we expect from the obama/mitt romney rematch . the look at romney poll's surge. will the liar, liar strategy work? and congratulational hearing on libya shed new light on what happened in the attack on benghazi and raise new questions about the administration's response. welcome to the journal editorial report. i am paul gigot. all eyes were on the vice-presidential district attorney bait. the two spared over everything from iran and medicare reform and middle class taxes. >> the middle class got knocked on their heels and the great recession crushed them and they need help now. the last people who need help is 120,000 families for another 500 billion dollar tax cut over the next 10 years. >> there are not enough rich people and small businesses to tax to pay for the pending. next time you hear them say don't worry about. we'll get the wealthy people to pay their fair share watch out, the tax bill is coming to you. >> with us is dan, and collumist bill, and jason riley and washington columist kim strassel. >> he was doing what he was asked to do which is to energ
what do we expect from the obama/mitt romney rematch . the look at romney poll's surge. will the liar, liar strategy work? and congratulational hearing on libya shed new light on what happened in the attack on benghazi and raise new questions about the administration's response. welcome to the journal editorial report. i am paul gigot. all eyes were on the vice-presidential district attorney bait. the two spared over everything from iran and medicare reform and middle class taxes. >> the...
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the polls are change things are getting closer and mitt romney is in the league. they saw them for the first time together . he cannot let down. >> my one on one with michael reagan, the son of a president many people credit with historic debate moments. ♪ [ male announcer ] it started long ago. the joy of giving something everything you've got. it takes passion. and it's not letting up anytime soon. at unitedhealthcare insurance company, we understand that commitment. and always have. so does aarp, an organization serving the needs of americans 50 and over for generations. so it's no surprise millions have chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help cover some of the expenses medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. to find out more, request your free decision guide. call or go online today. after all, when you're going the distance, it's nice to have the experience and commitment to go along with you. keep dreaming.
the polls are change things are getting closer and mitt romney is in the league. they saw them for the first time together . he cannot let down. >> my one on one with michael reagan, the son of a president many people credit with historic debate moments. ♪ [ male announcer ] it started long ago. the joy of giving something everything you've got. it takes passion. and it's not letting up anytime soon. at unitedhealthcare insurance company, we understand that commitment. and always have....
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three new polls diverge on how difficult of a challenge romney has. the president leads romney by nine points in a cnn poll 52% to 43%. matchups from reuters and gallup are closer. the romney campaign is talking to donors about deductions for the wealthy that might be on the chopping block. romney fired back at the white house on the tax hike for millionaires intending to put a spotlight on his own wealth. >> his big idea is this buffett rule which is someone calculated by the way that the taxes he would raise from the buffett rule would pay for 11 hours of the government. this is not exactly a grand idea. this man is out of ideas. he's out of excuses and in 2012, we will make sure he gets put out of office. >> also last night, republicans in the senate blocked the debate and moving forward on the bill. 51-45 vote. nbc's deputy editor and he joins me now and it's interesting that president obama going out of his way to try to paint romney as out of touch, elitist and a lot of people feel this went to the senate and we are seeing politics trickle down
three new polls diverge on how difficult of a challenge romney has. the president leads romney by nine points in a cnn poll 52% to 43%. matchups from reuters and gallup are closer. the romney campaign is talking to donors about deductions for the wealthy that might be on the chopping block. romney fired back at the white house on the tax hike for millionaires intending to put a spotlight on his own wealth. >> his big idea is this buffett rule which is someone calculated by the way that...